Fortunately, however, she died--her sister spread a story that it was from the shock and grief--before the child which she expected was born.

This all happened when my cousin--or, rather, my father's cousin, my first-cousin-once-removed, to be accurate--was still a very small child.

His mother then sent for Miss MacKelpie, her brother-in-law's sister-in-law, to come and live with her, which she did--beggars can't be choosers; and she helped to bring up young St.Leger.
I remember once my father giving me a sovereign for making a witty remark about her.

I was quite a boy then, not more than thirteen; but our family were always clever from the very beginning of life, and father was telling me about the St.Leger family.

My family hadn't, of course, seen anything of them since Captain St.Leger died--the circle to which we belong don't care for poor relations--and was explaining where Miss MacKelpie came in.